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September 25, 2025

Are You Ready to Vote?

I’m not talking about state and local elections yet. I’m talking about the 2024 Scrivenings Press Book Awards. Forever Free is eligible in two categories!

Forever Free by Hope Toler Dougherty

2024 Book of the Year—here

Contemporary Novel—here

The awards will be announced in November at the Scrivenings Press Writing Conference (ScrivCon) in Hot Springs, Arkansas. I’m planning to attend, and of course, I’d love to hear Forever Free mentioned in the winner’s column.

Voting closes October 20th, so you have plenty of time to vote for ...

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Published on September 25, 2025 08:24

July 10, 2025

First Place!

Forever Free won first place!

 

Forever Free by Hope Toler Dougherty

To God be the glory!

I’m so glad that readers are connecting with Heath and Phoebe. If you don’t know anything about Forever Free, here’s a link to the back cover copy. 

Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!

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Published on July 10, 2025 11:43

May 30, 2025

Surprise!

I love a surprise from God! Here’s one of His latest for me.

Look! There’s the cover of Forever Free as a finalist for the Faith, Hope, & Love Reader’s Choice Award for Sweet Romance!

Praise God from Whom all blessings flow! To God be the glory!

Talk about surprise. I attended Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference this past week, and a friend from Scrivenings Press said, “Congratulations!” I was dumbfounded. The only thing I could think of that she could be referring to was my help ...

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Published on May 30, 2025 08:28

May 21, 2025

I Love Libraries…Do You?

A library is a happy place for me. I love libraries! My daughters know this fact about me and planned a visit to a really special one when we spent a weekend in Newport, Rhode Island, recently.

The Redwood Library and Athenaeum is the oldest, continuously lending library on its original site in the United States. This library has been making people happy with books since 1747. How cool is that?

Redwood Library

Redwood Library Sign

Anna and Hattie enjoyed our time there.

Inside the Redwood Library

So did I!

Author inside the Redwood Library

We visited this library on a Saturday morning, a...

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Published on May 21, 2025 07:44

April 18, 2025

Easter Joys!

Thank you for reading this post. I pray you and your family will have a blessed Easter season. I pray you will draw more closely to our Savior, Jesus Christ, and will experience all the blessings He has for you.

Here’s a throwback picture to a long-ago Easter at our Pennsylvania house. Notice the Easter bonnets, the dresses and corsages, the suits and boutonnieres.

These peeps won’t be able to come home for an Easter basket this year, but all our memories are sweet as chocolate bunnies!

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Published on April 18, 2025 06:37

March 10, 2025

Goodbye, February!

February was a hard month, and I’m relieved to see it in the rearview, to be perfectly honest.

After my family, two of the most important parts of my life–my church and my local public library were experiencing tough challenges, especially last month.

Church and Library

The church was finalizing an almost year-long new lead pastor search after our former pastor of nearly twenty years retired. The library board was going head-to-head with the town board in building a new, shared (using this term ...

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Published on March 10, 2025 11:15

February 14, 2025

Are You Ready for an E-Book Sale?

February is the time for love and for an e-book SALE!

All my books with Scrivenings Press will be on sale for 99 cents from now till February 17th. Go fill your e-reader with inexpensive, wonderful books.

February is the time for romance, but Scrivenings Press has all genres on sale from historical to suspense to fantasy. Don’t forget mystery either. My publisher has something for everyone’s tastes.

Wow! I love a good sale. Go here to find your next favorite story, but hurry. This e-book sale l...

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Published on February 14, 2025 08:50

January 13, 2025

Happy New Year!

Here’s a beautiful new beginning to a New Year.

I hope your New Year has begun in a positive way. I had to begin with the lucky foods, of course.

From the top right: barbequed boneless pork chop, black-eyed peas (not ever my favorite, but I want to earn some money this year), and then steamed mustard greens and kale (not the normal greens here in North Carolina, but I had these greens in our freezer.)

We’ve already had a snow event in the beginning of January. Really, it was more of an ice eve...

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Published on January 13, 2025 08:47

December 19, 2024

Merry Christmas!

From our house to yours, I wish you every happiness this year!

May your days be merry and bright as you consider the greatest Gift ever, Jesus Christ, the One Who is and was and is to come! The Good Shepherd. The Prince of Peace. The One Who loves us and has freed us from our sins!

Praise God!

Merry Christmas!

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Published on December 19, 2024 11:09

December 2, 2024

Black Friday Sale!

You still have time to load your e-reader with great books during the Black Friday Sale. Mine are 99 cents along with almost 200 more books in all kinds of genres.

Go here and buy, buy, buy!

Enjoy and you’re welcome!

 

 

 

 

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Published on December 02, 2024 13:35